Topics for Speaking 401-402
Topics for Speaking 401-402
Topics for Speaking 401-402
1. Which three adjectives would you use to describe yourself? Explain how these adjectives form part of
your personality.
2. How important do you think parents’ opinions are when choosing a career? What other factors
should young people take into account when choosing a career?
3. Which languages are considered endangered languages? What can be done to keep endangered
languages alive?
4. How does technology affect your life? In which ways do you use digital technology? How do you
think future generations will be affected?
5. What physical characteristics have you inherited from your parents? Where do your likes, dislikes,
tastes and interests come from – your genes or your experience?
6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of going on holiday with your colleagues?
7. Do you think people find it easier or more difficult to make friends than they did in the past? Why?
8. Why should people be careful about using social media? How careful do people need to be?
9. What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing an internship?
10. How would you feel if you had to spend the night in a wood or forest? If you went for a walk in a
wood or forest, would you prefer to go alone or with a friend?
11. What is the most dramatic experience that happened to you or someone you know?
12. How have people’s leisure activities changed over the last fifty years?
13. Do you combine work and study with leisure? How, when and where do you listen to music?
14. Why do you think people create avatars in virtual worlds?
15. What is the best film you’ve seen in the last twelve months?
16. How is going to the cinema different from watching a film on your television or computer at home?
17. How far do you trust TV networks in your country, to tell the truth?
18. Do you believe that reality TV shows can have educational value?
19. In what ways does technological progress make us live faster? Do you agree that we have less time
for the important things in life, such as relationships?
20. How influential do you think teachers are in students’ choice of subjects?
21. Why do you think the idea of lifelong learning has become so popular in recent years?
22. Which aspects of your daily life and routine would you like to escape from by making a journey?
23. What can be the benefits/drawbacks of travelling to a place with a very different culture from your
own?
24. What groups of people are suffering directly from climate change? What can be done to help groups
like this?
25. What species of plants or animals are in danger of becoming extinct? What can international
organizations, national governments and individuals do to slow down the rate at which species are
becoming extinct?
26. How can environmental threats such as flooding, forest fires and fossil fuel consumption affect
people’s lives?
27. Do you think more people suffer from allergies now than in the past? What aspects of modern life
can increase the chance of people suffering from allergies?
28. What do you do to make sure you stay healthy and fit? If you were told you needed to do more
regular exercise, what would you do?
29. Why do people migrate? What could be the reasons of migrations nowadays?
30. Would you like to migrate? If so, why and where? If not, why not?